Chapter 6

Finny, Bard and Mey-Rin were singing in the carriage with Tanaka as their driver with all the luggage. Their carriage was following behind the Earl's with Sebastian driving, and Lorabelle was trying to strike a conversation up with the Earl while Harry ate a pack of crackers and was looking paler.

Lorabelle's Riders surrounded the carriages, and they all looked like Tobias for the most part other than the styling of their hair or the features of their faces. Then there was the fact that they all rode black horses.

Tobias and Adam, who had short-cropped black hair, galloped up to them, and Tobias passed several brown bags into the carriage.

"Thank you Tobias and Adam," Lorabelle chirped and pulled out a bottle that looked out of place here to Ciel. She then pulled out a cup and twisted the lid on the bottle before some of the contents into the cup. "Here," she passed the cup to Harry who took it and drank deeply from it. "Tobias, would you mind going on ahead and checking out the area?" she then ordered the man.

"As you will it Madame," Tobias said before pushing his Friesian into a gallop and passed everyone else.

"Adam, you can fall back with Walter," Lorabelle said calmly while stealing a cracker from her brother.

"Hey," Harry looked at her and started to feel ill again. "Stop the carriage," he muttered tiredly.

Sebastian didn't hear him, but Lorabelle tapped his shoulder and pointed to his mate who was looking a little green after he gave her his attention, and he pulled the carriage to a stop while Harry scrambled out.

"Amos, follow him," Lorabelle said to her Rider who was guarding the right side of the carriage.

Amos, who had spiky hair, nodded and spurred his horse after the fleeing demon.

"Why we'd stop, young Master?" Bard called from behind everybody.

"Harry was feeling ill again," Ciel said and shot a glance at Lorabelle who did not seem worried at all about her brother and master?

"Madame, there is trouble up ahead," Tobias said as he galloped back.

"Oh bother, who is it?" she asked calmly, studying her black nails.

"M and his son," Tobias growled.

Lorabelle's head jerked up sharply. "Damn. Alright, there is a cloak in my trunk. Get it out and when Harry gets back, we'll put it on him," she ordered.

"Yes Madame," Tobias said as he trotted his horse to the back of the second carriage and rifled through Lorabelle's clothes before he pulled out a long, dark black cloak. He brought it up just as Amos trotted back with Harry riding behind him, looking even more worn than before.

"Put the cloak on," Lorabelle said once he was back in the carriage with them.

Harry looked at Tobias who was offering the cloak. "Why?" he asked tiredly.

"Would you like to meet M and Rose here?" she asked bluntly.

"Harry, please put the cloak on," Sebastian said in a soft commanding tone.

Harry did as he was told, and he flipped the hood up over his head, covering his face.

The carriages moved forward again, but Sebastian slowed down when he saw the elderly man and a young man, both with the darkest auras he had ever sensed. He knew then that this was M and Blackthorn though he had never met them personally.

"Lady Lorabelle," the elderly man bowed as he raised an eyebrow at Sebastian.

"Hello M. Did Lucifer leave you here again?" Lorabelle said with a smirk.

M scowled. "No, we were looking for your brother as we have a proposition for him. Plus that little tiger that left his mark on the side of Lucifer's face, burned right through the skin," M spat.

"I see you keep better company," Blackthorn growled, gazing coldly at Sebastian who gazed coldly back.

"Why I did not see you there," Lorabelle said, feigning surprise at Blackthorn. She then leapt down from the carriage.

"That's a lie," Blackthorn spat at her, his dark eyes flashing dangerously like knives.

"Now, now, Rose, that is no way to treat a proper lady," Lorabelle chided as she wrapped her arms around the stiff man's neck.

"Who the hell are you calling Rose?" Blackthorn snarled as he ripped Lorabelle away from him.

"Why you silly~" Lorabelle said with a giggle. "I can never remember your full name since it is a mouthful," she sighed dramatically.

Blackthorn trembled with rage.

"Blackthorn, you know what the punishment is if we harm Lady Lorabelle," M said, watching the eight Riders warily.

"I don't give a damn about her Riders. They are a bunch of pansies if you ask me," Blackthorn snorted.

"Nope," Lorabelle said, popping the 'p'.

"Huh?" Blackthorn and M asked in unison.

"They aren't Pansies; they are more of a Snapdragon than anything," Lorabelle said happily.

"What are you rambling on about now, you loon?" M asked, shaking his head.

"Weren't we talking about flowers? Which the only man I can ever find to talk about flowers, is my dear brother," Lorabelle said while dropping her head and turning away slightly while bringing up her right hand, balled, and placed it in front of her mouth and rested her other arm across her stomach with her elbow from her right hand resting on top of that.

"Damn. Why do we always start talking about flowers with her?" Blackthorn growled.

"Because you love me Rose!" Lorabelle threw her arms around the man and hugged him close.

"Get off you psycho woman, and how the hell did you get Rose?" Blackthorn squirmed in her ever tightening grip.

"My brother came up with it to help me remember your name. He is such a smart brother? Don't you think?" she praised, looking up at Blackthorn.

"How am I supposed to know? I never even met the guy because you won't allow it," Blackthorn growled.

"Most certainly not. He is such a gentle soul that I'd be afraid to break him," Lorabelle said while batting her eyelashes.

"Who is that cloaked figure sitting next to the kid?" M asked, suddenly taking interest in the cloaked figure while the boy scowled at him.

Lorabelle sighed dramatically. "I am starting up another squad to protect me, so I am training him to lead it. Unfortunately, he has a photophobia, and any strong source of light causes him great pain," she said ever so softly.

"Well, if you see a boy with black hair and venomous green eyes, let us know, and do not engage into a fight with him. He carries a form of knock-out powder, and he fights quite well," M warned as he turned away.

"I'll make sure to keep my eyes peeled, but if I see him, I just might try to catch him. If he is a challenge to you two and get away, then surely I can get catch him," Lorabelle said cockily.

"Don't get cocky, bitch. Lucifer was with us, and nobody has ever put the three of us down like that," Blackthorn growled as he too turned away.

"Whatever. Bye now. Bye M! Bye Rose! Visit me sometime!" she called after the two fleeing males. Lorabelle then pouted. "Why do they never say good-bye to me?" she whined and stomped her foot like a child. "Oh well, that was fun, now let's get to Houndsworth," Lorabelle said as she hopped back into the carriage.

They trotted into the village that was Houndsworth and found it more of a ghost town. Then they came across a man training a black and yellow dog.

Mey-rin said the guy could pet her or something while the other two stared at her.

Sebastian was talking to Ciel mostly about dogs doing tricks for rewards and learning through punishment.

"If you have something to say, then say it," Ciel told him.

"Well, you I love cats, and I dislike dogs. To be quite frank, I hate them," Sebastian said while smiling at the Earl.

Harry blinked then leaned into his sister. "Wait for it," he hissed.

Lorabelle raised an eyebrow, but she waited until the butler turned around.

"Woof!" Ciel barked.

The two siblings busted out laughing, causing everyone to look at them questioningly.

"What- oh," Sebastian muttered with a shake of his head. "Sometimes I wonder what I am going to do with you Harry," he said.

Ciel was about to say something when Harry nearly went over the side of the carriage at the mansion.

Lorabelle grabbed his cloak since he was still wearing it and pulled him back down. "Do you honestly think one of them will hurt Ciel in their own home? No, not unless you give them reason to," she hissed softly in his ear.

Harry quieted down, but he still glared at the mansion that was slowly pulling up. "Constant vigilance," he muttered.

Lorabelle rolled her eyes at that.

A maid with silver hair and purple eyes greeted them; her dress was purple and her apron white to match her hair and eyes.

Sebastian narrowed his eyes at her. She distinctly had the same smell as Ash, but what were they? He glanced behind his mate and nearly sighed, for his mate had gone into full protective mode.

"Welcome to Barrymore Manor, my name is Angela," the maid said with a bow. "You are the Queen's Guard Dog?" she asked.

"Yes," Sebastian replied curtly. He hopped down and helped Ciel down first who decided it was in his best interest to wait by Sebastian until Harry came down. Lorabelle gave the two a knowing smirk as she approached Angela. Harry, on the other hand, gave the two a hopeful smile before frowning at Angela while Finny seemed to have fallen in love.

The group of four looked at the heads on the walls until they heard a whip striking and a woman whimpering.

They looked at the source and saw a man dressed in brown whipping the maid from earlier.

"Why did you bring in this Pomeranian? I told you to bring in the Queen's Guard Dog," the man barked. "Can you not follow a simple order?" he snarled.

"Sebastian move," Ciel ordered.

"Yes, my lord," Sebastian said before he grasped the man's wrist before the whip could be brought down again.

"What? Hey, let go of me you filthy Doberman," the man snarled.

Harry's green eyes widened.

Lorabelle noticed this, but both Ciel and Sebastian were preoccupied with the man. She sighed and rubbed his arm before he turned on her and started sobbing on her shoulder while pulling her into a tight hug. She patted his back as best he could in the tight embrace since her arms were pretty much pinned to her sides.

"Why the hell is that filthy, mangy mutt crying?" the man snarled, turning to the source of the noise.

"How-" Lorabelle started before Harry was in the corner, sobbing and growing mushrooms? "Now look what you did," she snarled, her eyes narrowing so that there was only a sliver of blue left.

"Quite down you Chihuahua!" the man turned onto the only woman besides the maid in the room.

"Chihuahua!" Lorabelle screeched and glass shattered. "I absolutely think not," She spat angrily. "Those buggers are annoying, and most of the time, they end up as purse dogs. My brother just so happens to be more Grim than a mutt. He is just currently having an emotional breakdown at the moment," Lorabelle looked at her brother. "You can stop growing mushrooms now," she called softly. "I told that mean man to back down," she then said in a voice that would be used to console a child.

"You did no such thing! He deserves to go to one of those loony houses!" the man barked.

"Oh, hush it. You are just one of those annoying yipper dogs," Lorabelle said as she flicked her hand to push back a strand of hair. Then she giggled as the man was still yelling, but nothing was coming out.

"What did you do?" Ciel asked her.

"Oh just something I picked up back home," she said while walking over to her brother and dragging him to his feet. "Now, let's get this meeting over with, shall we?"

"I cannot sign these papers," the man, now known as Lord Barrymore, said as he tossed down the papers that Ciel had given him.

"And why not?" Ciel asked as he took a sip of his tea.

"The curse," Lord Barrymore said coldly

"Oh? What curse?" Ciel asked, now interested.

"Isn't something along the lines of those that defy the Barrymore name will face a most horrible death by the great demon hound?" Harry asked, suddenly becoming chipper.

"You, sir, have some major emotional problems, but yes, your line of thinking is correct," the man sneered.

"Please refrain from speaking about one of my servants as such. He is good at what he does, and that is all I care about," here Ciel sent a glance at Harry to keep him from brooding.

Harry smiled softly before tuning them out until it was time for Ciel to go to bed, which he ushered the young boy up the stairs and to his room.

Ciel was reading in a dark blue chair with Harry hovering somewhere near his right and Sebastian picking out his nightclothes when there was a knock on the door. "Come in," he called.

The maid entered and bowed. "I am sorry, but you must leave at once," she said. "I fear for your safety, and the Great Demon Hound does not like outsiders who mess with the Barrymore name," she said, and then screamed as a large head popped up across the curtains.

"Sebastian," Ciel ordered.

"Yes, my lord," Sebastian said as he ripped the curtains open as Ciel and Harry joined him at the window.

"Look," Harry said softly, and they watched as something green raced away and into the village.

They went outside while the maid went to find her master and the three other servants plus Tanaka asked what happened.

Sebastian followed Harry to a body of the man that they had seen as they were coming in, training his dog.

Ciel bent down and lifted up one of the man's arms to look at the bite marks while Sebastian studied something green that was like a powder.

"Don't touch," Lord Barrymore barked. "What happened?" he asked one of the villagers.

"James broke the law by keeping a sixth dog. One more than is allowed." An aging villager said with grunt.

"Then there was no helping it. I was sure that the Demon Hound would have come after you lot. I'd suggest getting out of town before you're next," Lord Barrymore threatened.

"De-Demon Hound?" Bard stuttered as James' body was lifted up and carried away by the villagers as they chanted.

Harry blinked as tears slid down his face, and he turned away to go to his and Sebastian's room.

Sebastian entered their room that had fur pelts on the floor and bed and heads on the walls. He looked at the only bed and sighed when he heard his mate sobbing into one of the pillows. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"I don't know," Harry said as he sat up and wiped away some tears.

"How can you not know? Was it another memory?" Sebastian asked as he stepped forward.

"Don't come near me!" Harry screeched angrily.

"What did I say?" Sebastian asked, stepping back cautiously.

"Leave me alone, just leave me alone," Harry whimpered as if he was in pain.

Sebastian scratched the back of his head as he just stood there. Unsure of whether he should leave, stay where he was or join him on the bed.

"Don't just stand there," Harry whimpered again as he patted the spot on the bed next to him.

Sebastian was careful as he joined Harry on the bed until Harry leaned against him and intertwined their fingers. "Are you alright?" he asked softly.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you," Harry said softly.

Sebastian sighed as he gave Harry a chaste kiss on his mouth before getting up.

"Where are you going?" Harry sat up some more.

"I'm not going anywhere, just taking off my tailcoat, tie and vest, okay?" he asked his mate.

Harry remained quiet until Sebastian joined him on the bed again where he snuggled up to him again.

Sebastian kissed the top of Harry's head as said mate fell asleep. "What has gotten into you?" he murmured.

Harry stared at the group of stooges who were just sitting around a crate, looking glum.

"What is wrong with you three now?" Sebastian asked.

"Well, there is nothing to do," Bard said with a cigarette in his mouth.

"True, but we are meant to be acting as if we are on holiday, which you three plus Tanaka are. Now why don't you four run off to that nice sparkling beach we saw as we came in?" Sebastian said with a smile and held up a picnic basket and Tanaka's swimsuit.

Harry watched as the boys splashed in the water and laughed. He was just thankful that the morning sickness had stopped, and he closed his eyes, focusing on his mid-area. "Can I go explore the forest?" he finally asked Ciel.

Ciel seemed to start from reading his book. He looked at him before nodding.

"Thank you," Harry said and kissed the top of Ciel's head as an afterthought before disappearing.

Ciel blinked just as Sebastian came up.

"Something wrong sir?" Sebastian asked.

"Your mate just kissed me on top of the head," Ciel grounded out before looking sharply at his butler. "What is wrong with him?" he finally asked.

"I'm not sure," Sebastian said with a sigh. "You don't want to swim Young Master?" he asked with a smirk.

"No thanks, I still plan on turning this village into a resort," Ciel said.

"You mean you don't believe in the curse?" Sebastian said with false surprise.

"You've got to be joking right? You know that curse is something silly dreamed up by a power hungry man," Ciel said with a snort. "Come here, here are your orders," he told Sebastian who leaned down.

"Very well, my lord," Sebastian said as he straightened after hearing Ciel's orders and disappearing into the shadows.

Review as always. Thanks to those who have answered my question. Ah I kind of feel bad for Sebastian and Ciel now, oh well. Hmm, I wonder where Lorabelle ran off to and her Riders... maybe to go torture Blackthorn again? Kind of sounds like something she'd do.

Omake -Grell's punishment

Grell stared at William who was in the doorway of his office and then around his office that had been stripped of the red wallpaper and plushies of Sebastian were burned. Then there was the stacks of paperwork that had to be done and some of it was from 20 years ago. "You have got to be kidding me?" Grell whined.

"No Grell, I am not. Master Life told me to punish you, and punish you I shall. When you have learned to behave, maybe I'll punish you in a different way," William said with a smirk and cold eyes.

"But Will~" Grell whined as the man left and then turned to all the paperwork that stood in 8 foot stacks in a 12 foot tall office space. "I can't even find my desk," he sobbed then looked at the scissors as if they were the cause of all the paperwork. "Well, I suppose I better get to work if I want this madness over."

"Ah, but the madness never ends," came an eerie laugh from the shadows.

"Who's there?" Grell stammered.

Silence met his inquiry, and it was with a freaked out mind that he started working on the paperwork that covered his desk.

Omake - Riders in the Supermarket

Tobias and Adam looked at the list that Lorabelle had somehow snuck to him.

"How did she?" Adam started.

"Don't ask. You know what will happen if we do, and she isn't in a good mood," Tobias interrupted. "Let's see Ginger Ale, Ginger Root and..." a dark blush appeared.

"What is it? Oh," Adam blinked. "Is she?"

"I think that is more for her, uh, sibling," he said as several women passed by him.

"Can I help you sir?" a woman wearing a dark blue shirt and khaki pants asked.

"Uh, I guess so, could you tell me where we can find that?" Tobias asked as he pointed to the item on the list.

The woman frowned as she thought about while running a hand through her dark brown hair. "Who is this for?" she then asked the two men suspiciously.

"Our, uh, Mistress' 'sister'," Tobias said.

"Oh, well in that case, I'll go get it for you," the woman said happily as she went to the register.

"Get some more crackers, chocolate chips, peanut butter, confectioner's sugar, vanilla extract, Ginger Ale and Ginger root," Tobias hissed. "I'll grab the first three," Tobias hissed.

They went through the supermarket and grabbed the items and met back up at the woman's register.

"So is this your Mistress' sister's first child?" the woman asked.

"Yes," Tobias answered before Adam could who might actually tell the truth, who was likely to do so.

"How exciting, will you two be handling the child?" the woman asked.

"Uh, maybe, her 'sister' is kind of strange as is 'her' husband," Adam said.

"Ah, poor miss, must be going crazy right about now," the woman said.

"I suppose so," Tobias said and looked at the screen before handing the woman the money to pay for the items.

"Well, tell your Mistress' sister good luck," the woman called behind them cheerfully as they left.

"Yeah," Tobias muttered as he mounted his horse as Adam did the same.

"Now, I guess we should head back," Adam said as their horses galloped into a forest.

"Yep," Tobias said as he opened a portal to lead them back.

"Do you really think Master Harry is pregnant with the demon's child?" Adam asked.

"Such questions will most definitely revoke Miss Lorabelle's wrath. Besides he is the only one that Master Harry would mate with," Tobias said calmly as the portal opened. "Come now, we must hurry back," he said as he walked his horse through.

"Ugh, why was it my family that ended up in that crazy woman's service? Why couldn't it have been the Baxters or that snot-nosed family Sirens? Oh well, I really hope that Miss Lorabelle doesn't find out about this," Adam muttered as he passed through the portal as well.